Surficial geology, Iqaluit, Nunavut .: M183-1/64-2011E-PDF

"This map illustrates the surficial geology of Iqaluit, Nunavut's capital city. Rather flat, sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial and glaciomarine sediments extend under the airport and its surroundings as well as in Apex. Precambrian bedrock with partial and uneven till cover is found under newly built areas on hilly terrain and plateaus. The area is underlain by continuous permafrost, which causes important technical challenges for the maintenance of infrastructure. A larger scale view of the airport sector emphasizes patterned ground features and the networks of frost cracks"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
Geological Survey of Canada.
Title Surficial geology, Iqaluit, Nunavut .
Series title Canadian geoscience map ; No. 64
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information [Ottawa?] : Natural Resources Canada, c2012.
Description 1 map : col.
ISBN 978-1-100-19600-8
Catalogue number
  • M183-1/64-2011E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 289503
Edition Preliminary version
Cartographic data Scale 1:15,000
Subject terms Geological maps
Geomorphology
Surficial geology
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